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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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State
Rep. Thomas Caltagirone |
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House Judiciary Committee approves two bills
HARRISBURG, June 29 – State Rep. Tom Caltagirone, D-Berks, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the committee today approved two bills, sending them to the full House of Representatives for consideration:
House Bill 65, introduced by Rep. Daniel Deasy, D-Allegheny, would offer a comprehensive system to regulate the conduct of private investigators, security professionals and fugitive recovery agents by establishing the state Board of Private Investigators, Security Professionals and Fugitive Recovery Agents in the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs within the Pennsylvania Department of State.
House Bill 2464, introduced by Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R-Delaware, would amend current law to ensure that a person, who, at the time of sentencing for a sexual abuse crime, has been convicted of another such offense, would be sentenced to penalties for second or subsequent offenses regardless of whether a sentence was imposed for the prior violation.
Caltagirone said another two bills, H.B. 2600 and S.B. 1161, were held over in committee.
"The committee decided not to take action on the illegal gun purchases and prerelease and parole bills at this time because they need some fine tuning," Caltagirone said. "Both proposals would make sweeping changes to Pennsylvania statute and we want to see some items addressed before we move forward."
Introduced by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Montgomery/Phila., H.B. 2600 would require a mandatory five-year sentence for anyone attempting to make multiple illegal gun purchases.
Senate Bill 1161, introduced by state Sen. Stewart J. Greenleaf, R-Montgomery, would allow offenders with short minimum sentences to serve their time in community corrections centers rather than state correctional facilities.
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